PICTURES: Dedication of Officer David M. Petzold Memorial Highway

CHRIS SHIPLEY / THE MORNING CALL

A portion of Route 309 in Upper Saucon was dedicated as The Officer David M. Petzold Memorial Highway on Saturday in a ceremony in Center Valley. The dedication was in honor of the officer who died in the line of duty while he was attempting to remove a dead deer from the roadway and was hit by a vehicle in 2006.

A portion of Route 309 in Upper Saucon was dedicated as The Officer David M. Petzold Memorial Highway on Saturday in a ceremony in Center Valley. The dedication was in honor of the officer who died in the line of duty while he was attempting to remove a dead deer from the roadway and was hit by a vehicle in 2006. (CHRIS SHIPLEY / THE MORNING CALL)

Christine Petzold speaks about her brother as a portion of Route 309 in Upper Saucon was dedicated as The Officer David M. Petzold Memorial Highway on Saturday in a ceremony in Center Valley. The dedication was in honor of the officer who died in the line of duty while he was attempting to remove a dead deer from the roadway and was hit by a vehicle in 2006.

Christine Petzold speaks about her brother as a portion of Route 309 in Upper Saucon was dedicated as The Officer David M. Petzold Memorial Highway on Saturday in a ceremony in Center Valley. The dedication was in honor of the officer who died in the line of duty while he was attempting to remove a dead deer from the roadway and was hit by a vehicle in 2006. (CHRIS SHIPLEY / THE MORNING CALL)

A portion of Route 309 in Upper Saucon was dedicated as the Officer David M. Petzold Memorial Highway on Saturday in a ceremony in Center Valley. The dedication was in honor of the officer who died in the line of duty while he was attempting to remove a dead deer from the roadway and was hit by a vehicle in 2006.